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In Pictures: The earthquake in Mexico

Fri 8 Sep 2017

People standing in line to register in a shelter after they were evacuated from their coastal town after an earthquake struck off the southern coast, in Tapachula, Mexico, on Friday. Photograph; Jose Torres/Reuters

People in a bus as they are evacuated from their coastal town after an earthquake struck off the southern coast, in Puerto Madero, Mexico. Photograph: Jose Torres/Reuters

Patients and doctors of a hospital in Villahermosa, Mexico, out in the open after the strong magnitude 8.4 earthquake that violently shook Mexico. Photograph: EPA

People gather on a street in Mexico City during the earthquake. Photograph: Luis Perez/AFP/Getty Images

Patients and doctors of a hospital in Villahermosa, Mexico, in the open after the earthquake. Photograph: EPA

A couple looks at the damaged floor of their yard in Coatzacoalcos, in the Veracruz state of Mexico. Photograph: Angel Hernandez/EPA